[Bug 302928] New: kde-config-gtk: breaks gtk-key-theme (can't use Emacs shortcuts)

[Richard Neill]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302928

            Bug ID: 302928
          Severity: normal
           Version: 4.8.80
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: kde-config-gtk:  breaks gtk-key-theme  (can't use
                    Emacs shortcuts)
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: kde at richardneill.org
          Hardware: Other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: systemsettings

Under KDE, GTK apps don't respect their keyboard-shortcut settings.

GTK apps (when run under Gnome) usually support:
    gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"
which allows the keybindings to act like Emacs (or readline) *.

Under KDE (perhaps because gnome-system-settings isn't running), this setting
is not applied, 
not even if ~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 is edited to include that line. (Nor is there any
other way to change the keyboard shortcuts: the KDE prefs aren't applied
either).

(*) Notably, binding Ctrl-A as "go to start of line" rather than "select all" .
When these are confused, it's very easy to destroy an entire document with one
shortcut!

[BTW, I'd like to see another enhancement to kde-config-gtk, namely an option
to leave GTK applications with their native (gnome) prefs, keeping them
distinct from KDE. This is probably a minority view, but imho, a GTK app should
respect the gnome-control-center rules for appearance at all times, even when
run as a guest under KDE.]

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